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Admission to doctoral and enrollment as doctoral students and doctoral students at the University of Cologne are two separate steps that are made from two different locations. Only when you present the approval of the faculty, you can enroll in the Student Affairs Office or the International Office.
First step: approval
The main basis for your application for admission to doctoral - whether you come from abroad or from Germany to the University of Cologne - is written confirmation of a high school teacher or a university teacher, that he or she is willing to supervise your dissertation (Betreuungszusage). If you were enrolled in a doctoral program / a graduate school, is generally sufficient to issue a certificate stating to apply for doctoral admission. Once you have received a confirmation of supervision or the promise of a structured doctoral program, you can apply for admission to doctoral studies directly in the Promotion Office of the relevant faculty. If you come from abroad to the University of Cologne, submit the documents referred to please the International Office, they are forwarded from there. What other submitted documents and deadlines are taken into account depends on the doctoral regulations of the faculty where you want to do a doctorate. The doctoral regulations can be found on the faculty websites.
If you have any questions about the doctoral regulations, you are welcome to the PhD office contact the faculty or to the team of AMGC. The websites of the promotion offices can be found here:
Economic and Social Sciences
Faculty of Law
Medical school
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences
Faculty of Human Sciences
We recommend submitting the application for doctoral admission together with the required documents one month before the beginning of the semester.
For admission to doctoral studies , you must submit the following documents:
- Completed
and signed application for admission
- Betreuungszusage
(at the Faculty of Science Math.- also the "Communication
from the Promotion intention" (PDF) in 2 copies, signed by
you and your supervisor)
- Proof
of the necessary language skills
- Uninterrupted,
signed CV
- Certified
copies and possibly translation of university entrance qualification
(Abitur / Matura)
- Certified
copies and possibly translation of all degree certificates (Bachelor and
Master or equivalent subjects and grades summary / transcript of records)
- If you
have your thesis elsewhere made as at the University of Cologne: copy or
CD-ROM of the final paper (Master thesis). If this was not written in
English or German, you also require a summary in German or in English.
- Copy
of the passport / identity card
- If
necessary, Expose your planned dissertation (whether this is
necessary to inform the competent Promotionsbüro)
The decision on your application for admission to doctorate meets the doctoral committee of the Faculty.Once you present the confirmation of your doctoral admission, you can enroll at the University. Whether and for how long you need to enroll and what benefits are associated with it, please refer to the applicable You Promotionsordnung or check it in the Promotion Office of the Faculty.
Second step: enrollment
Enrollment process for doctoral students from Germany
For the enrollment of doctoral students from Germany is Studierendensekretariat responsible. Please look at the ENSIE must submit:
- Completed
"Application for enrollment Promotion"
- Doctoral
admission faculty
- Proof
of university entrance qualification (Abitur, etc.) in the original or
certified copy for one-time insight at enrollment
- Proof
of qualifying university degree (certified copy of the diploma (bachelor's
and master certificate subjects and grades summary / transcript of
records)
- If
you were already enrolled at another German university: proof of
de-registration
- Proof
of health insurance (public insurance) or exemption certificate (private
insurance), unless you are older than 30 years
The Admissions Office will assign you a temporary student ID card including NRW-semester ticket and handed you a bank transfer form for the payment of the semester fee of currently around 240 euros per semester. The payment of the semester fee is mandatory.
About four weeks after payment of the semester fee will be sent together with the transfer form for the next semester enrollment your papers and the final student ID. PhD students who wish to remain enrolled at the University of Cologne, are obliged to report back to each semester and to transfer the semester fee. Please note the set deadlines.
Enrollment procedures for foreign doctoral students
Candidates from abroad call for enrollment at the International Office . If you want a detailed consultation, best to use the contact form at the International Office.
For enrollment the following documents are required:
- Completed
"Application for enrollment Promotion"
- Doctoral
admission faculty or doctoral approval of Deanship
- If
you are younger than 30 years old: proof of health insurance (public
insurance) or exemption certificate (privately insured)
The International Office provides you with a preliminary identification of a doctoral student or doctoral student who is also considered the ticket for public transport. In Germany, there are no tuition fees, but it needs each semester a particular contribution to the reduced use of the KVB, canteen etc. paid (semester fee). Currently, the semester fee is around 240 Euros. Upon enrollment you will receive the International Office itemizing a payment form or bank information for the payment of the semester fee.
Approximately four weeks after payment of the semester fee you will receive a final doctoral student ID card, along with a payment form for the semester fee for the next semester. Please note that you must notify well before the beginning of each new semester that you intend to continue to do a doctorate at the University of Cologne ( "feedback"). Information regarding appropriate deadlines and procedures issued by the International Office / International Office.
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